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SCHOOL OF ANCIENT LANGUAGES

I. Greek

Greek A1: For beginners: Elementary grammar, composition and selected
readings. Five hours a week. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours
for those who have offered less than 2 units of Greek for entrance.)

Mr. Constantine.

Greek A2: Greek A1, or Greek A and B of the entrance requirements, prerequisite.—Lysias
selections; Plato, Apology; Euripides, Alcestis. (B.A. or B.S.
credit, 3 session-hours.)

Professor Webb.

Greek B1: Greek A2 prerequisite.—Greek Epic and Drama: Homer,
Euripides, Aristophanes, selections. (B.A. credit, 3 session-hours.)

Professor Webb.

Greek B2: Greek A2 prerequisite.—Greek prose: Herodotus, Thucydides,
Demosthenes, selections. (B.A. credit, 3 session-hours.)

Professor Webb.

Greek C1: Greek B1 and B2 prerequisite.—Aristophanes.

Professor Webb.

Greek C2: Greek B1 and B2 prerequisite.—Sophocles. (Not offered in
1933-34.
)

Professor Webb.

Greek D1: Textual Criticism of Greek Authors.

Professor Webb.

Greek D2: Greek Epigraphy: A study of the inscriptions of the ancient
Greeks.

Associate Professor Fraser.


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II. Latin

Latin A1: Latin A, B, C, and D of the entrance requirements prerequisite.
I. In Language: General grammar, with oral and written exercises. II. In
Literature: Sallust, Jugurthine War and Conspiracy of Catiline; The Elegiac
Poets; Selected Letters of Cicero. III. In Life: The public and private life of the
Romans. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Two sections.

Professor Montgomery, Professor Lehman and Mr. Thompson.

Latin B1: Latin A1 prerequisite.—I. In Language: General grammar, with
oral and written exercises. II. In Literature: Livy, Book I and Tacitus, Germania;
Horace, Odes I-II and selections from the Satires and Epistles; Terence,
Andria and Suetonius, Julius. III. In Life: The Literature and Art of the Romans.
(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)

Professor Lehman and Mr. Thompson.

Latin B2: Latin A1 prerequisite.—I. In Language: General grammar, with
oral and written exercises. II. In Literature: Livy, Book XXI and Tacitus,
Agricola; Horace, Odes III-IV and selections from the Satires and Epistles;
Plautus, Miles Gloriosus and Suetonius, Octavius. III. In Life: The religion of
the Romans. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)

Professor Montgomery and Mr. Thompson.

Latin C: Both B courses prerequisite.—Courses leading to the degree of
Master of Arts. The requirements lie only in the School of Ancient Languages.
If the candidate's major work be in Latin, Greek B1 and B2 are the minimum
requirement.

Latin C1: Latin B1 and B2 prerequisite.—I. In Language: Advanced prose
composition. II. In Literature: Tacitus, Annals; Pliny, Letters and Petronius,
Satiricon; Juvenal, Satires and selections from other satirists. III. In Life:
The economic life of the Romans. (M.A. credit, 3 session-hours.) Given in alternate
years with Latin C3.

Professor Lehman and Mr. Constantine.

Latin C2: Latin B1 and B2 prerequisite. I. In Language: Advanced prose
composition. II. In Literature: Tacitus, Histories; Seneca, Moral Essays and
Tragedies; Lucretius, De Rerum Natura. III. In Life: The philosophical life of
the Romans. (M.A. credit, 3 session-hours.) Given in alternate years with Latin
C4.

Professor Montgomery and Mr. Constantine.

Latin C3: Latin B1 and B2 prerequisite.—I. In Language: Advanced prose
composition. II. In Literature: Latin Literature from the fifth century on, with
special emphasis on the Latin of the Middle Ages. III. In Life: The literary
life of the Romans in the Silver Age. (M.A. credit, 3 session-hours.) Given in
alternate years with Latin C1.
(Not offered in 1933-34.)

Professor Lehman and Mr. Constantine.

Latin C4: Latin B1 and B2 prerequisite.—I. In Language: Advanced prose
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Life: The literary life of the Romans through the Golden Age. (M.A. credit, 3
session-hours.) Given in alternate years with Latin C2. (Not offered in 1933-34.)

Professor Montgomery and Mr. Constantine.

Latin D: All C courses prerequisite.—A course leading to the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy. The requirements lie only in the School of Ancient
Languages. If the candidate's major work be in Greek, the completion of
two courses in Latin C will be the minimum requirement. If in Latin, the
completion of Greek C1 will be the minimum requirement.

It is the purpose of this course to prepare the candidate for independent
investigation of the sources of knowledge of the language, the monuments
(literary and objective), and the life of the Romans. The following is an outline
of the course:

Latin D1: Early Roman Comedy, Plautus, and Terence: Two hours
weekly, each term.

Professor Montgomery.

Latin D2: The History of Latin Satire, with Readings from Representative
Authors:
Two hours weekly, each term.

Professor Lehman.

Latin D3: The Roman Historians: Two hours weekly, each term.

Professor Lehman.

Latin D4: The Roman Epic: Two hours weekly, each term.

Professor Lehman.

Latin D5: Latin Epigraphy: Three hours weekly, each term. (Not offered
in 1933-34.
)

Associate Professor Fraser.

Latin D6: Latin Palaeography: One hour weekly, for two terms.

Professor Lehman.

Latin D7: Historical Latin Grammar and Vulgar Latin: Two hours
weekly for one term, and one hour weekly for two terms.

Professor Montgomery.

Latin D8: Comparative Philology: Two hours weekly for one term.

Professor Lehman.

Sandys' History of Classical Philology will be required throughout the entire
D course.

III. Archaeology

Archaeology B1: Survey of Greek Civilization: No previous knowledge of
Greek required.
—A sketch of the history of the Greek people, with some consideration
of the geography of Greek lands, Greek language and literature, and
the attainments of the Greeks in philosophy and art. Various modern institutions
will be traced to Greek origins. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Given in alternate years with Archaeology B3. (Not offered in 1933-34.)

Associate Professor Fraser.


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Archaeology B2: Greek and Roman Archaeology: No previous knowledge
of Greek or Latin required. Not open to first-year students.
—Introduction
to the science of Archaeology. A sketch of pre-Greek, or Aegean culture;
Greek and Roman pottery, sculpture, architecture, and coins. Illustrated by lantern
slides and other material. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Given
in alternate years with Archaeology B4.
(Not offered in 1933-34.)

Associate Professor Fraser.

Archaeology B3: Survey of Roman Civilization: No previous knowledge
of Latin required.
—This course will follow the scheme of Archaeology B1. (B.A.
or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Given in alternate years with Archaeology B1.

Associate Professor Fraser.

Archaeology B4: Greek and Roman Private Life: No previous knowledge
of Greek or Latin required. Not open to first-year students.
—The topography
and chief monuments of ancient Athens and Rome; Greek and Roman education,
food, clothing, household-arrangements, religion, and amusements. Illustrated by
lantern slides and other material. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Given in
alternate years with Archaeology B2.

Associate Professor Fraser.

Archaeology C1: Classical Sculpture and Vases: Archaeology B2 and
one other B course in Archaeology, Greek, or Latin prerequisite, for undergraduates.
—A
more detailed study of these subjects than is possible in Archaeology
B2.

Associate Professor Fraser.

Archaeology C2: The Homeric Age: Greek B1 and Archaeology B1, B2,
or B4 prerequisite, for undergraduates.
—A study of the geography and archaeology
of the Homeric poems. (Not offered in 1933-34.)

Associate Professor Fraser.

Archaeology D1: The Topography and Monuments of Ancient Athens.

Associate Professor Fraser.

Archaeology D2: The Topography and Monuments of Ancient Rome.
(Not offered in 1933-34.)

Associate Professor Fraser.